Lebanon Valley's women's basketball team has had a fun couple of days.

It found out Monday that it will host an NCAA Women's
Basketball Championship first- and second-round pod, matching up against Baruch
in the first round Friday night.

Montclair State will play Regis in the other game; the winners will meet Saturday
at LVC. Game times will be announced Tuesday morning.

The 19th-ranked Dutchmen (23-4), coming off their third straight Commonwealth Conference
title with a victory over Messiah on Saturday night, will play Baruch (26-2), which won its sixth consecutive CUNYAC crown on
Saturday. Regis (23-4), the champions of the NECC, will face a tough task in No. 5
Montclair State, one of two undefeated teams left in the nation at 27-0. The
Red Hawks won the NJAC title on Saturday, their first since 1994-95.

Lebanon Valley railed 16-12 at the half in its game against Messiah on Saturday night, but made some adjustments and didn't take its first lead until a pair of free throws gave it a 43-41 lead with 1:26 to play in the game. Caitlin Bach and tournament MVP Tierney Hiltz led LVC with 13 points each, and Bach
earned another double-double with 13 rebounds. Only five players scored for LVC,
which shot 30 percent collectively on the game. Kiely Chaklos scored nine, Renee Fritz scored six, and Liz Borgia scored five in the win.

"We made some
adjustments on the defensive end and reiterated the fact that we wanted to play
a little more calm," coach Todd Goclowski told LVC's web site. "I thought we were a little amped in the
first half."

Messiah found out Monday it will play in its 14th straight NCAA tournament. The Falcons will play host to a pod this weekend, playing Lancaster Bible on Friday night. Gettysburg and William Paterson
will play in the other game, with the two winners meeting Saturday. Lancaster
Bible (24-4) will enter the NCAA Tournament as champion of the Northeastern Athletic
Conference, as they defeated Keuka College this weekend, 67-63.

All Lebanon Valley games will be broadcast live on LVCtv,
with live
stats on GoDutchmen.com. WMSS 91.1 FM
will broadcast all LVC games live.